Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of life, necessary for everyone who defends humanistic values in a democratic society… A modern, harmonic and lively art and architecture are the visible signs of an authentic democracy…

… we cannot hope to build a better world without improving the idea of individuality. To that end each of us must try to work for his / her own improvement , and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful…